Cal-Bridge: Creating pathways to the PhD for underrepresented students in physics and astronomy

Typical Physics PhD Admissions Criteria Limit Access to Underrepresented Groups but Fail to Predict Doctoral Completion, including some additional information

This work aims to understand how effective the typical admissions criteria used in physics are at identifying students who will complete the PhD. Through a multivariate statistical analysis of a sample that includes roughly one in eight students who entered physics PhD programs from 2000-2010, we find that the traditional admissions metrics of undergraduate GPA and the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) Quantitative, Verbal, and Physics Subject Tests do not predict completion in US physics graduate programs with the efficacy often assumed by admissions committees. We find only undergraduate GP…

PhD bridge programmes as engines for access, diversity and inclusion

The lack of diversity in physics and astronomy PhD programmes is well known but has not improved despite decades of efforts. PhD bridge programmes provide an asset-based model to help overcome the societal and disciplinary obstacles to improving access and inclusion for students from underrepresented groups and are beginning to show some success. We describe several well-known PhD bridge programmes in the United States and discuss lessons learned from their experiences. Many of these lessons can be extended more broadly to physics and astronomy PhD programmes to increase access, diversity and …

崛起的星空女孩：基于创意艺术的天文学教育方法对来自弱势群体的中学女生的益处

Rising Stargirls: Benefits of a Creative Arts-Based Approach to Astronomy Education for Middle-School Girls from Underrepresented Groups

针对弱势群体中学女生，通过创意艺术天文学工作坊提升其科学参与度与科学认同感，验证了艺术融入科学教育的有效性。

面向STEM领域历史上代表性不足群体学生的指导模式

A model of mentorship for students from historically underrepresented groups in STEM

本文基于Cal-Bridge项目经验，介绍融合经济资助、双导师、科研与同伴网络支持的多层面指导模式，以促进STEM领域HU本科生成功。

物理学博士生关于寻找研究小组的重要性和难度的观点

Physics PhD student perspectives on the importance and difficulty of finding a research group

本研究通过访谈20名物理博士生，发现寻找研究小组是重大且准备不足的决定，困难导致孤立感，而支持不足影响保留率，建议加强院系指导以提升满意度。

Evaluation of a College Freshman Diversity Research Program

Since 2005, the Pre-Major in Astronomy Program (Pre-MAP) at the University of Washington (UW) Department of Astronomy has made a concentrated effort to recruit and retain underrepresented undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This paper evaluates Pre-MAP in the context of the larger UW student population using data compiled by the University's student database. We evaluate the Pre-MAP program in terms of our goals of recruiting a more diverse population than the University and in terms of a higher fraction of students successfully completing degrees. We fin…